VITTER AMENDMENT WOULD BLOCK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM FORCING OR PRESSURING STATES TO ADOPT COMMON CORE

Sen. David Vitter, who is running for the office of Governor of the State of Louisiana in November, has come out with an budget amendment that would block the federal government and the Education Department from forcing Common Core on the states and thus allow for more local and state control over education.

“This heavy-handed coercion of states to adopt academic standards and assessments is an unprecedented and inappropriate use of federal authority,” Vitter said. “Decisions about education should be made by state and local officials, schools, and families — without intervention or micromanagement from the federal government.”